Chu Huaixu looked at the little booklet, utterly puzzled.
Unconvinced, he turned another page.
The result? This page also had only two words:
——"Heed advice!"
Judging from the handwriting, the first and second pages should not be from the same person.
This left Chu Huaixu completely bewildered.
"What the heck, two people singing in harmony?"
Chu Huaixu continued flipping through it, and found nothing more.
"Is that all?" He grew even more confused.
"Could this be the latest Acupoint Opening Stage Technique that no one practices?" This was the only possibility he could think of.
Such a vast Daoist Sect, with many Outer Sect Disciples.
You must know, even though the Daoist Sect has strict requirements, only selecting one in ten thousand geniuses, the population base of the East Continent Mirror Country isn't small.
With so many Registered Disciples, it couldn't be that few chose it, right?
"Is it because its name isn't as flashy as those other techniques?" Chu Huaixu pondered.
"It shouldn't be like that."
After all... that sword is right in the Daoist Sect!
Within the Daoist Sect, the trend of sword cultivation is prevalent.
As long as a technique has the word "sword" in it, there's no reason for it to be so unpopular.
Chu Huaixu was really afraid of being the third guinea pig...
"But no matter what, this technique has the highest compatibility with me, at 93%."
"If the system determined there's no problem, then there must be no problem."
To him, so-called cultivation techniques were just about funneling Experience Points into them anyway.
With this thought, Chu Huaixu tossed the little booklet aside and picked up the Jade Scroll.
As a veteran player, he also had a certain understanding of the cultivation system of the Profound Yellow Realm.
In the past, the realm of Acupoint Opening Stage didn't actually exist.
The human body has Nine Acupoints, relying on these Nine Acupoints to absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
Some are born with all Nine Acupoints open, like that long-legged neighbor next door.
Some, like Chu Huaixu at this stage, are born with none open.
For a prodigy like Han Shuangjiang, her Acupoint Opening Stage is just a formality.
It's understandable that her Nine Acupoints merely have some impurities accumulated within her body. She just needs to rely on the cultivation technique to clean these impurities out.
It won't be long before she cultivates to the Acupoint Opening Stage Great Perfection and then starts breaking through to the First Realm!
Many years ago, only those born with all Nine Acupoints open could cultivate, and everyone started directly from the First Realm.
Thus, in that era, the threshold for cultivation was incredibly high, and the number of cultivators was very low.
Until... the emergence of the Dao Ancestor!
The invincible Dao Ancestor discovered the mystery of the Nine Acupoints in the human body and concocted the Acupoint Opening Pill.
By taking the Acupoint Opening Pill, originally closed acupoints can be opened.
The so-called Acupoint Opening Stage Technique is actually used to aid in absorbing the efficacy of the pill.
Activating the cultivation technique enhances the medicinal effect and speeds up absorption.
The world honored him as the Dao Ancestor because he created the Acupoint Opening Pill and established the Acupoint Opening Stage.
Without him, many people wouldn't have the chance to become cultivators.
In Chu Huaixu's Storage Token now, there's an Acupoint Opening Pill, given for free by the Daoist Sect to Registered Disciples.
"I must say, the benefits and rewards of a major sect are indeed good," he thought.
"Some minor sects even require disciples to spend money to buy Acupoint Opening Pills themselves."
After taking out the Acupoint Opening Pill, Chu Huaixu swallowed it in one gulp, then spread open the Jade Scroll and placed it in front of him.
"[Ding! Do you want to learn the cultivation technique - 'Refining Sword Formulas'?]" he heard the system prompt.
Is there even a question?
Learn!
"Well then, let's start cultivating!"
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Wenda Peak is the main peak of Beyond the Mountain.
The great hall of the Daoist Sect is right at the peak of Wenda Peak.
At this moment, there were six people inside the great hall.
The Sixth Elder, Li Chunsong, was among them.
The person sitting at the Sect Leader's throne was the current Sect Leader of the Daoist Sect—Xiang Yan.
This person didn't have an ounce of celestial demeanor, looking fierce, wicked, and incredibly ugly, really hard to deal with, and even bald.
From his appearance alone, he was vastly different from what everyone imagined a Daoist Sect Leader to be like.
On each side of the great hall sat four others, namely the Great Elder Lu Pan, Fifth Elder Zhao Shuqi, Ninth Elder Nangong Yue, and Tenth Elder Chu Yinyin.
Sixth Elder Li Chunsong stood in the center of the hall, constantly rubbing his hands, his face flushed, his mood excited, and he was in a gambling frenzy, thinking about how to set it up and then have a bet with his fellow juniors and seniors.
"I've brought back everyone Junior Martial Uncle told me to," Li Chunsong cleared his throat and said.
Tenth Elder Chu Yinyin immediately asked, "Who are they?"
It was strange; all the top echelons of the Daoist Sect looked middle-aged, only the Tenth Elder Chu Yinyin still looked like a teenage girl, at thirteen or fourteen, her body not fully developed.
But in reality, she was already thirty-two years old.
This was related to her cultivation technique and Spiritual Embryo.
Li Chunsong glanced at her, then directly said, "Matters above the Seventh Realm, don't ask if you're in the Sixth Realm."
With these words, everyone else laughed.
Chu Yinyin frowned, angrily patting the small table beside the chair.
"What's the meaning of this, you gambler? Looking down on me?"
Li Chunsong immediately put on a smiling face, "How would I dare, Junior Martial Sister? But this matter has been classified as the highest secret by Junior Martial Uncle, and you know the sect rules: only those above the Seventh Realm are qualified to know."
"You're using sect rules against me?" Chu Yinyin was still relentless.
This left Li Chunsong no choice but to ask for help, looking at Great Elder Lu Pan, "Senior Brother, you are the Law Enforcement Elder, say something."
The stern and authoritative Lu Pan raised his head; his forehead wrinkles were particularly deep, as if carved by a knife.
"According to the sect rules, indeed," he answered seriously.
"Good for you all! You're all ganging up to bully me!" Chu Yinyin stood up directly.
The Daoist Sect Leader, Xiang Yan, raised his hand and pressed down slightly, signaling her to calm down.
This bald man was not only quite ugly but also had a terribly unpleasant voice, sounding like a squeaky toy:
"Junior Martial Sister, you indeed have been too lazy usually. Obviously, your talent is the most outstanding among us, and both Master and Martial Uncle said, your path of cultivation surely goes further than any of us, but you just don't cultivate properly."
Upon hearing this, Chu Yinyin glanced down at her own body and became even more displeased: "What cultivation! Look at what I've become?"
She swept her gaze across the crowd, exasperatedly saying: "If you don't want to say, then don't! I'm not interested in hearing it! I'm leaving!"
She was seen striding quickly to the entrance of the great hall, then stopping, turning around:
"Are you really not saying?"
All the senior brothers and sisters stayed silent, just looking at her with smiles.
Only then did Chu Yinyin, fuming, leave the great hall, genuinely walking out this time.
The Ninth Elder, Nangong Yue, a gentle-natured woman, wasn't exceptionally beautiful but with a plentiful bosom.
She shook her head and chuckled, "Junior Martial Sister really is, already an adult, yet her temper sometimes matches her appearance, never growing up."
"She's always been like this, hasn't changed," Fifth Elder Zhao Shuqi shrugged.
"Her cultivation technique is one aspect, but it's primarily her nature," Great Elder Lu Pan said.
As soon as he said this, he couldn't help but exclaim softly: "Hmm? Still eavesdropping outside?"
As the Law Enforcement Elder, he was in charge of the sect rules.
He waved his hand, releasing a Silence Array, completely isolating the hall's sound from outside.
"Now she's really gone," Lu Pan smiled slightly, using his Divine Sense to probe outside.
Sect Leader Xiang Yan cleared his throat, using his remarkably unpleasant voice to say: "Alright, let's talk business."
Sixth Elder Li Chunsong knew it was his turn to speak.
"According to Junior Martial Uncle's instructions, I brought back two people from Biyou Plateau in Wumeng Mountain."
"The man's name is Chu Huaixu, the woman's name is Han Shuangjiang."
"This Han Shuangjiang is amazing, guess what her Spiritual Embryo is." He even tried to keep them in suspense.
No one spoke, just silently stared at him.
"You guys are so boring!" Li Chunsong was displeased.
"Her Spiritual Embryo is on par with the Dao Ancestor's Pure Yang Body! She has a Profound Yin Body!"
Everyone exclaimed, "What!"
A Profound Yin Body, actually a Profound Yin Body!
Ninth Elder Nangong Yue crossed her arms, her ample bosom pressing against her arms: "Do you think... if it's a Profound Yin Body, could it possibly gain its recognition?"
Everyone was briefly stunned: "Its?"
But soon they understood, realizing what Nangong Yue meant by it.
It was a sword.
A sword left behind by the Dao Ancestor.
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